Parent’s Unhinged Complaint About ‘Arthur’ Book Falls Flat

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EXCLUSIVE: A Florida school district disagreed that the lovable aardvark would leave kids with “DAMAGED SOULS.” “Arthur will go back on the shelves,” Clay County School District spokesperson Terri Dennis told The Daily Beast.

, a book based on the lovable aardvark, who also had a cartoon series for over 20 years on PBS, was about the titular character finding a solution to having his birthday party on the same day as one of his classmates. , local conservative activist Bruce Friedman submitted a challenge to“IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS ‘SPIN THE BOTTLE’ WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. THIS BOOK IS FOUND IN ALL/ALMOST ALL [DISTRICT SCHOOLS]!” he wrote in all caps on the book challenge form.

Friedman, who once bragged about creating a list of over 3,600 books that he felt contained “concerning content,” is believed to be responsible for 95 percent of the book challenges in Clay County. He declined to provide a comment to The Daily Beast on Wednesday.

 

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